Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a woman who allegedly assaulted an older woman on board an R train on the night of Sunday, May 25.
The 53-year-old victim was riding a Manhattan-bound train near the Forest Hills-71st Street station just after 9 p.m. when she was approached by a stranger, and the women engaged in a verbal dispute. The argument escalated into violence when the suspect slapped the woman in the face and punched her in the back of the head before running off the train in an unknown direction, police said Thursday.
EMS responded to the scene and transported the victim to Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, where she was listed in stable condition.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and described her as having a light complexion with long curly black hair. She wore a black leather jacket over a black shirt, blue jeans, tan boots, black headphones, and she carried a black and gold handbag.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are confidential.
Through May 25, the 112th Precinct has reported 63 felony assaults so far in 2025, 22 more than the 41 reported at the same point last year, an increase of 53.7%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Transit crimes are down in the precinct with 14 reported so far this year, three fewer than the 17 reported at the same point in 2024, a decline of 17.6%, according to CompStat.
